.. pretty much nails it, over a century ago, in The Secret Agent. one character explains the police as ... protecting those who Have against those who don't.
.. but, sheesh, an amazing/stunning novel in every respect, 'specially in this madly obfuscated post.9/11 world with its increasingly laughable Victorian assumptions of "progress."
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Joseph Conrad
Date: 2009-07-04 05:09 am (UTC).. but, sheesh, an amazing/stunning novel in every respect, 'specially in this madly obfuscated post.9/11 world with its increasingly laughable Victorian assumptions of "progress."